LAHORE, OCT 16: England cricket team arrived at Islamabad on Friday to feature in the ODI tri-series, also involving hosts Pakistan and Sri Lanka..
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials welcomed the visiting team at the airport.
The ODI tri-series will be held from October 18 to 31 at the Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
England will train at the Pindi Stadium on Saturday.
The opening match will see Pakistan take on Sri Lanka on October 18. Pakistan and England will face each other at the same venue on October 20.
The evet will be held under double league round robin with the top two teams progressing to the final.
The first three matches will be held at the Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi while the remaining four will be hosted by Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have already started their training for the series. Both sides underwent intensive training at the Pindi Stadium on Thursday and are also scheduled to train on Friday (today) at 4pm.
England are in good form as they have come to Pakistan after winning their recent three ODI series, two at home and one away. It is highly expected that the series will be interesting. Pakistan recently downed Sri Lanka 2-1 in the T20I series in Pindi and it is expected that they will carry this form into the ODI. Sri Lanka, which struggled in the first two T20I, did extremely well to outclass Pakistan in the third game.
Tri-series schedule
October 18: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka — Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
October 20: Pakistan vs England — Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
October 22: Sri Lanka vs England — Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
October 25: Pakistan vs England — Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
October 27: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka — Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
October 29: Sri Lanka vs England — Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
October 31: Final — Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
England squad
Harry Brook (c), Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, James Coles, Jordan Cox, Mason Crane, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Josh Tongue.
